Quote Originally Posted by eclarkhb View Post
Awesome post! thanks for all the links!

I also love the fact that VS Athletics are located in Torrance, CA - which is about 30 minutes from me. That means I can pick up & don't have to pay shipping :-)

And I am a rotational thrower for shotput / open stone. I have some videos from Ventura posted here: http://www.youtube.com/eclarkhb123

I'm still figuring out the proper footwear for a grass surface. At this point I'm using running shoes for stones. I have owned throwing shoes before, but it seems like that would be too slick in the grass....I have soccer turf shoes, which worked well for caber & hammer (at least until I get blades). Not sure if I'll use the turf shoes or running shoes for LWFD...
Mike P actually has a pair of old fashioned cleats...you know, with the thick round spikes? He ground off all the spikes, down to nubs EXCEPT the one that is right under the ball of his foot- under his big toe. So when he throws rotational stone, he still has some grip but the whole shoe rotates around that one spike. voila, no destroyed knees.

You're going to throw stones on those SAAA plywood platforms with artificial green lawn carpet, huh? Think about a pair of the VS Athletics throwing shoes. They might not cut it on real grass, but I bet they'll work out on the plywood.

The turf shoes all depend on the type of gripping sole they have. The Adidas Turf hogs that I have are wonderful, just wonderful on real grass. On the plywood platforms at Ventura, they'd have sucked so I used my old Nike high-top artificial turf, turf shoes. These have much smaller "nubs" on the bottom of the shoe than the Adidas. That worked out pretty well.